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CVE-2008-3656

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 70.20%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-08-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-3656
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
70.20%

Original NVD Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the WEBrick::HTTPUtils.split_header_value function in WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted HTTP request that is processed by a backtracking regular expression.